Part 5: The Reckoning – From Neo-Nazis to Charlottesville to Kanye West

by Mark M. Bello “It can happen here. Maybe it has.” —Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) How did we get here? How did we get from Gentleman’s Agreement—a bold, conscience-driven film that dared to speak America’s name alongside antisemitism—to a country where antisemitic tweets trend globally, Holocaust denial lives on YouTube, and pop culture megastars declare love […]

Gentleman’s Agreement Part 2: America in 1947; The Polite Curtain of Prejudice

by Mark M. Bello In Part 1 of our 5-part series on a century of American anti-Semitism, we explored the origins of Gentleman’s Agreement and the courage it took for a Protestant director, producer, and actor to shine a spotlight on a form of American bigotry that few cared or dared to speak about. In […]

Is Radical Islam the Faith or the Fringe?

by Mark M. Bello There’s a sensible expression I’ve heard throughout my life: “You’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you.” History teaches us that when Jews sense a threat, we ignore it at our peril. We’ve seen what happens when we dismiss hate as fringe or unserious. From Pharaoh to Haman, from […]

Stephen Miller: The Man with No Memory

Immigration Saved His Family From Extermination by Mark M. Bello David S. Glosser is Stephen Miller’s uncle. In 2018, during Donald Trump’s first term, Glosser, a neuropsychologist, wrote a compelling article for Politico. I recently came across the article, which retells the story of Miller’s maternal ancestors’ escape from violent anti-Jewish pogroms and forced childhood conscription […]